Respiratory problems in children with neurological impairment

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 75-78

  Seddon, P C ^a   Khan, Y ^b  

^a ROYAL ALEXANDRA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Chailey Heritage Clinical Services   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; PROKINETIC AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN 2 ANTAGONIST; STEROID; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; ASSISTED VENTILATION; ASTHMA; BREATHING MUSCLE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHILD; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KYPHOSCOLIOSIS; LUNG CLEARANCE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUTRITION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUGH; DISABLED CHILDREN; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; INHALATION; MORBIDITY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REFLEX; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

EID: 0037232361     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.88.1.75     Document Type: Article

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